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Gretchen Ascher is the Investment Associate at CEI-Boulos Capital Management (CEI-Boulos), a real estate investment fund management company focused on delivering both competitive financial returns and social impact. The company serves banks, family offices, and other institutional investors, and has a national scope. Areas of the company’s specialization include Opportunity Zones and the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA).

As CEI-Boulos’s Investment Associate, Gretchen supports the senior staff in managing and expanding the company’s investment funds focused on high-impact commercial real estate projects across the country. Gretchen is responsible for asset management and investor relations. She also supports underwriting deals, writing investment memos, and ensuring smooth operational support across the company’s real estate investment activities. Gretchen is passionate about leveraging real estate investment to drive sustainable, community-centered development.

Gretchen previously worked as a Lending and Investment Intern with CEI, where she supported the creation of anti-racist and justice-focused initiatives within the underwriting process. Additionally, she worked as a Housing Policy Research Intern for the City of Detroit through the Mayoral Fellowship Program where she led policy analysis for trades workforce support programs. Gretchen served as Co-President of the University of Michigan’s Net Impact Undergraduate chapter, which aims to grow leaders at the intersection of business, social impact, and sustainability, and was an active member of Epsilon Eta, a progressional environmental fraternity.

When she’s not working, you’ll likely find Gretchen exploring the great outdoors hiking, scuba diving, or perfecting recipes over a campfire.

Education

• University of Michigan – Ross School of Business, BBA and minor in Public Policy

Community Connections

Maine Pops Concert Band, board member and trombone player